Opposition-ruled States claimed no death due to oxygen shortage, now doing politics: BJP
The Hindu
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra noted that the Central government’s reply was based on the figures provided by States and UTs as health is a State subject
Noting that Opposition-ruled States claimed in courts that there was no death due to shortage of oxygen during the second COVID-19 wave and made similar assertions in their response to the Centre, the BJP on July 21 hit back at its rivals amid a row over the Modi government’s reply in Parliament on the matter. The government had told the Rajya Sabha on July 20 that no deaths due to lack of oxygen were specifically reported by States and UTs during the second COVID-19 wave, drawing sharp criticism from Opposition leaders. Deaths of patients in hospitals due to lack of the life-saving gas were reported from several States during the peak of the second wave in April-May as the demand for medical oxygen zoomed.
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